Serviceman
Hugh B Price
817th
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- Army serial number
- 35789210
- Rank
- Pfc (17 November 1943), Pfc (22 November 1943), Cpl (25 May 1944), Cpl (28 May 1944), CPL (23 March 1945), SSGT (30 April 1945)
- Hometown
- Nashville TN
- Also written
- Hugh Price
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 62
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 35789210); verify serial 35789240 in morning reports differs by one digit from 35789210; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 35789240); verify
Crews
- Guy K. Essmeier Crew · 817th
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 1945 | Air Medal | 1660 | CPL |
| 30 April 1945 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 2895 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
4 entries, first 22 November 1943, last 28 May 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1943-11-22 817th: fr hosp to duty 20 Nov 362896388 Miller (932) Pvt fr duty to hosp 19 Nov.
- 1944-01 817th: TO BE DRIVATE FIRST CLASS (TEMP) evt Trygve Moe
- 1944-05-25 817th: fr duty to hosp (LD) OFFICER FLD o & CAPT IST LT
- 1944-05-28 817th: 3 fr hosp (LD) to duty OFFICER FLD o & CAPT
National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 808, roll 461010974 p. 772, roll 474638098 p. 292, roll 474638098 p. 298
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